FAIRBANKS -- An Alaska man charged with attempted murder is expected to be returned for prosecution after a border mix-up allowed him to flee.

James Lyle Mead of Delta Junction sought asylum in Canada in February 2009 after allegedly shooting another man in the knee.

Mead told Canadian officials he was being persecuted for his religious beliefs, a claim prosecutors in Fairbanks said was bogus.

Canada deported Mead in May after refusing asylum. But Canadian officials apparently did not give U.S. officials a copy of his Alaska arrest warrant when they released him at the Washington state border, and he fled.